Legal Ethics/Bias/Substance Abuse/Law Office Management
Conflicts Of Interest: The Basic Rules: 3 1/3-Hour Version — 4 West Virginia Ethics Credits

This 3.3-hour (4 NJ & NY Ethics CLE Credits) August 25, 2010 program by Thomas E. Spahn, Esq., gives a thorough and practical explanation of the Rules of Ethics relating to "conflicts." Mr. Spahn is a partner in the Tysons Corner, Virginia office of the McGuireWoods LLP law firm.

Topics include:

General Rule — Adversity to Current Clients

Conflicts Arising in the Course of a Representation

"Thrust Upon" Conflicts

Lawyer-Caused Conflicts

Definition of "Client"

Definition of "Adversity"

Joint Representations

Adversity to Former Clients

Determining the Status of an Attorney-Client Relationship; Applying The Former Client Information-Based Conflicts Analysis

This course is the first 3.3 hours of our longer, 4.25-hour program entitled Conflicts Of Interest: The Basic Rules — 4.25-Hour Version. You may complete EITHER course to earn CLE credit in some states, but may NOT earn credit for both. The 3.3-Hour Version is not pre-approved for CLE credit in all states.

Only the longer version of this program, Conflicts Of Interest: The Basic Rules – 4.25-Hour Version, is pre-approved for the following states:

CO FL IL ME NV OH OR TX VT WA

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